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Revisiting Low-Unit Certificates: Understanding the Transition from 18 to 12 Units in California Colleges

This document explores the evolution of low-unit certificates in California's community colleges, focusing on the changes mandated by the Chancellor’s Office regarding 18+ unit certificates and the introduction of 12-unit achievements post-2005. It discusses the implications for transcriptability, administrative approvals, and the potential educational value of these credentials. It addresses the necessity of understanding how these changes impact students' abilities to showcase their skills in the job market and presents options for ensuring meaningful credentialing in the revised framework.

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Revisiting Low-Unit Certificates: Understanding the Transition from 18 to 12 Units in California Colleges

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  1. Wheeler North, ASCCC Executive Committee Phil Smith, ASCCC Executive Committee Low-Unit Certificates

  2. Pre-2005: The Big Three Associate in Arts (A.A.) Degrees Associate in Science (A.S.) Degrees Certificates of 18 or more units

  3. Pre-2005: Flying Under the Radar

  4. Pre-2005: Less-than-18-unit Certificates

  5. Post-2005: 12 is the new 18 • Colleges must submit all 18+ unit certificates to CCCCO for approval Transcriptable? Yes, after approval. Called? Certificate of Achievement

  6. Post-2005: 12 is the new 18 • Colleges may submit 12-18 unit certificates to CCCCO for approval Transcriptable? Yes, after approval. Called? Certificate of Achievement

  7. Post-2005: 12 is the new 18 • Colleges can offer less than 18 unit certificates without CCCCO approval if approved by curriculum committee & local board of trustees Transcriptable? No. Cannot be called: Certificate of Achievement, Certificate of Completion (noncredit), or Certificate of Competency (noncredit)

  8. Wait…Is “transcriptable” a word?

  9. Interests Met by Transcripting • Trusted Clearing House for Educational Credentials • Transcripts Easily Understood by Internal and External Audiences • Employers and others can verify claims made on résumés • Transcripts available for long periods of time • Transcripts can be reissued if lost

  10. Bureaucratic Thresholds 12 units 18 units

  11. Beyond thresholds • Is there an educational reason for having certificates the way they are? • Is there a strategic reason (in terms of work placement) for having certificates the way they are?

  12. Traditional Path 18-unit certificate awarded 3-units completed 3-units completed But no certificate 6-units completed But no certificate 6-units completed But no certificate

  13. Students with valuable skills… Even before they finish their certificates.

  14. A different path… 18-unit certificate awarded 3-units completed Low-Unit Certificate III completed 3-units completed No certificate 6-units completed Low-Unit Certificate II completed 6-units completed Low-Unit Certificate I completed

  15. Revisit? Should the Academic Senate revisit the issue of low-unit certificates?

  16. Something to consider What is the lowest low for a low-unit certificate? • 12 units • 9 units • 6 units • 3 units • 1 unit?!!

  17. Something to consider

  18. Is There a Way to Ensure Meaningful Low-Unit Certificates? Some Possibilities to Consider: • Chancellor’s Office Approval • Advisory Group Sign-Off • Recursive approval: • (If a high-unit (18+) certificate is CCCCO-approved, any subsequence of courses from it can be automatically approved as a low-unit certificate.)

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